Jellore Cottage & Settlers Hut Berrima

    • Rustic accommodation in 1860s cottage & 1840s hut
    • 16 Jellore Street, Berrima NSW 2577, Australia
    Property Description

    The Jellore Cottage & Settlers Hut are adjoining rustic retreats with a shared garden in Berrima, in the beautiful Southern Highlands of NSW.

    Jellore Cottage is a charming 2 bedroom 1860s colonial self-contained heritage bed and breakfast accommodation  simply furnished yet capturing the charm of a bygone era with gas heating or open fireplace, slab walls, waxed floors, traditional kitchen and a claw-foot bath but with the convenience of modern amenities including a cosy sitting room and dining room furnished with antiques.  Jellore Cottage sleeps up to four people, one double room and a twin room, boasting Victorian iron bedsteads, all linen is supplied. The bathroom has been lovingly restored and a washer dryer is provided.  The cottage gardens have an outside dining area and barbecue facilities.

    Settlers Hut is a 1840s rustic slab hut relocated and completely rebuilt on the banks of the Wingecarribee River.

     

    Email

    ellorecottage@yahoo.com.au

    Phone

    +61 (0) 404 951 884

    Address

    16 Jellore Street, Berrima NSW 2577, Australia

    Location
    Originally

    Settlers Cottage & hut (relocated)

    Original Building Style
    Built

    Cottage (c 1860) & Hut (c 1840)

    Adaptation

    TBC

    Built Century
    Building History Description

    Source : Heritage Listing

    Jellore Cottage:
    Single storey weatherboard cottage built c 1860 with 2 external brick chimneys and timber framed verandah, which is significant to the local community as a typical representative of the small 19th century weatherboard cottages in Berrima. Called Munday Cottage prior to adaptation for B&B accommodation in [xxxx]

    Settler's Cottage:
    Vertical slab cottage built c 1840 that has been moved here from another site and re-built.

    Berrima is the oldest surviving (European) settlement in the Southern Highlands selected by Surveyor General Sir Thomas Mitchell in 1829 for a new road from Sydney and layed out in 1830 along the lines of a traditional English village (with a central market place) and using the local Aboriginal name. It was to be established as the commercial and administrative centre for the County of Camden.  1824 to 1841 saw significant flourishing development as mail coaches changed their route to this new line of road and after Governor Bourke designated Berrima as a place for a courthouse (built 1838) and gaol (built 1835-39) to serve the southern part of the state the town flourished into the 1840s as mail coaches called, public buildings including churches in 1849 and 1851, establishment of many hotels and coaching houses to service local resident needs and passing trades, persons and commercial travellers. Research has indicated there were some 13 hotels or grog houses in Berrima at the one time.

    During the 1850s Berrima experienced another boom period after the discovery of gold. When the Great Southern Railway bypassed Berrima in 1867 the town again began to decline as Mittagong, Moss Vale and Bowral developed. Berrima remained virtually unchanged for the next 100 years, preserving the town as an almost intact colonial village.

    After the National Trust of Australia (NSW) classified several buildings in the 1960s, the popularity of Berrima increased, as a tourist destination.

    Heritage Status

    NSW State Heritage Register & Permanent Conservation Order (# 00101). Wingecarribee Local Environmental Plan 2010 I237

    Heritage URL

    https://apps.environment.nsw.gov.au/dpcheritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=5045495%20|%20https://apps.environment.nsw.gov.au/dpcheritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=2680237

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